Supporting Rural Health Services as Part of Poland’s Cooperation
Agata Obratanska, Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland to Mongolia, visited rural health care organizations and hospitals.
Agata Obratanska, Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland to Mongolia, visited rural health care organizations and hospitals in Arkhangai and Uvurkhangai provinces from February 7–9 to review local health services and discuss future cooperation.
During her visit to Arkhangai Province, she toured the Arkhangai Provincial Health Department and the Arkhangai Provincial General Hospital, where she and local medical officials exchanged views on potential collaborative projects. While at the hospital, she also met with Mongolian doctors who recently completed practical training at two leading medical institutions in Krakow, Poland — John Paul II Hospital and the Ludwik Rydygier Hospital — as part of skills-sharing initiatives. Given the high prevalence of cardiovascular diseases in Arkhangai, along with elevated mortality rates from heart attacks and strokes, six physicians from the provincial hospital — specialists in cardiology, anesthesiology, and surgery — were trained in cardiovascular surgery at the John Paul II Hospital in Krakow. This training was arranged under a collaboration between local authorities of Małopolska Voivodeship of Poland and Arkhangai province of Mongolia.
Uvurkhangai Province, local health officials highlighted concerns about neonatal and preterm infant mortality rates that exceed the national average, as well as shortages of neonatal specialists. During meetings with staff from the Uvurkhangai Provincial Health Department and Kharkhorin Sum General Hospital, Obratanska, Chargé d’Affaires outlined plans to enhance quality health care for citizens in remote areas and to localize advanced European medical practices. She also expressed Poland’s interest in developing a project to train and build capacity among Mongolian maternal and child health physicians in Poland.
As part of the broader cooperation supporting Mongolia’s health sector, Poland previously implemented a project financed under the "Tied aid credit agreement between the Governments of Mongolia and the Republic of Poland", delivering specially equipped ambulances for mobile medical services to rural areas. Under that project, 33 ambulances fully equipped to endure the harsh climate conditions of Mongolia, supplied by the Polish automotive company “Stolarzcyk” were delivered to local health care providers across Mongolia. These vehicles have still continue to provide urgent medical assistance to residents in remote regions.
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